Nelsonville Schools to Close Friday Night for Christmas Holidays
Nelsonville city schools will dismiss Friday evening December 20 for the Christmas holidays and resume Monday January 6 1941 after a two week break. Faculty members plan trips and Christmas programs are set in high school home rooms with drives for baskets for the needy. A basketball game financial report is also released showing receipts and expenditures and a balance.
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Nelsonville
E. J. Arnold
Ohio Education Association
Columbus
Harold LeFavor
Pauline Fierce
Chillicothe
Cornelia Scott
Miami
Kathleen Boyd
Carl Campbell
Harold Figley
Helen Jackson
Lucille Long
Maynard McDaniel
Blanche Moorehead
Mary Sharp
Helen Shaw
Lillian Stover
Roger Wolfe
J. K. Kinneer
Greens Run Church Ladies Aid Holds Annual Christmas Party
Greens Run-Ladies Aid Society held its Christmas party December 11 at the parish house with Lena Leake presiding. Devotions by Orpha Ayers and readings from Cleveland Church of Christ by Angie Fierbaugh. Members planned Christmas baskets for shut ins and announced officers retained from the prior year. A birthday was celebrated for Effie Cartwright and prizes awarded for home made cookies. A watch party is planned for January with Aid and Sunday School. Several members and guests visited Columbus relatives. funeral of a Wright infant at Murray City noted.
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Lena Leake
Orpha Ayers
Cleveland Church of Christ
Angie Fierbaugh
Helen Fierbaugh
Mary Cartwright
Clarissa Nutter
Effie Ross
Effie Cartwright
Shutins
Clara Cannon
Bessie Cartwright
Elsie Ross
Myrtle Olbers
Alex Ross
Albert Harmon
Corning
Joseph Toczik
Bessie Ervin
John King
Wright
Murray City
Albany High School hosts Nativity program and student performances
Albany notes a Nativity program by high school glee clubs on Sunday evening December 22 at the Albany High School Auditorium with a free will offering. The third grade plans a short program on December 30. The first five grades stage a play At the Court of Santa Claus on December 18 at 7 30 PM.
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Albany High School
Eula Beatty
Doris Moore
Benefit party for Pocahontas Hall sponsor
Resree of Pocahontas plans a Wednesday night benefit party at Pocahontas Hall starting 7 30 o clock. Proceeds support hall upkeep and community programs with attendance from local residents and supporters.
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Resree of
Pocahontas
Pocahontas Hall
Nelsonville Elks Dinner To Feed 250 Children At Christmas
Nelsonville Elks plan a free Christmas dinner for about 250 needy children on Monday December 25 at noon in their lodge on Hocking Street. Santa will distribute candy oranges apples and nuts. tickets issued by teachers nurses or the committee.
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Nelsonville Elks
Hocking St
Santa Claus
Tessie Cavanaugh
Harry Kelly
The
Elks Club
Market shows slower stock trading amid cautious buyers
New York AP reports trading slowed as buyers remained timid while banks’ loans expanded by about 50 million for the week ending December 11. The holiday season hints at record dollar volume as merchandising circles suggest strong shopping prospects nationwide.
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Toledo Market Prices for Grain Butter Eggs and Poultry
Wheat and corn prices quoted with multiple grades. Oats and butter values listed including creamery extras. Eggs, live poultry, and turkeys shown with receipts and grade percentages. Meat and dairy items include regional boards and standard checks with various score levels.
Eggs Steady As Markets Report Mixed Quality Grades
Market report notes steady egg prices with Firsts at 28 cents per dozen, white standards at 28, and hennery white extras at 30 cents.
Egg Price List By Weight and Breed Totals
Egg lots listed with case counts and weights for varieties including firsts seconds and nearby ungraded. Poultry items cover colored 3 lb plus, various weights from 2 to 5 lb, with roosters leghorn white Plymouth Rock springers Orpington Mediterranean and partly feathered blacks. Summary reflects assortment and pricing categories in the sale.
Eagles Dinner Set for Members on December 20
Nelsonville chapter No. 391 Eagles will host their annual Christmas dinner Friday December 20 at 7 PM in the club rooms. Admission requires a paid up receipt and the menu features chicken for members only.
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Nelsonville
Eagles
Aerte No. 391
Truck Fire Damages Fort St. Garage
A delivery truck owned by Wilson Bros. parked in the Miller Wilson garage on Fort St. caught fire Monday with only slight damage reported. Fire officials said the blaze began when the motor back-fired and the department was called.
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Wilson Bros
Miller Wilson
Fort St
Cincinnati Livestock Market Reports and Prices
Hogs salable 3 200 active 15030 up with top 6 55 for 180 to 250 lb. Cattle salable 1100 calves 350 steady to strong. Salable hogs 350 steady and 15 higher with weights 160 to 189 lb at 6 40, 180 to 220 lb at 6 50, 250 to 290 lb at 6 25. Point Pleasant sale notes hogs 175 to 220 lb at 6 06 35 and cattle steers 408 90, heifers 4 20 to 11, cows 4 50 5 35, bulls 4 40 5 95. Wool market weaker in Boston with combing wools 80 to 83 cents, grease 42 to 43 cents.
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Boston
Elks Initiate Pershing Class at Nelsonville Lodge
About 25 candidates are elected to affiliation in the Nelsonville Lodge of Elks and will be inducted at a meeting tonight. The event honors General John J. Pershing and is part of a broader series of initiations this month. Mayor Dew will speak and a chicken dinner at 6:30 opens the program with Fred C. Linscott and officers guiding the ceremony.
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Nelsonville Social Notes Christmas Dinner at Methodist Church
Nelsonville members and guests dined on a three course chicken dinner in the decorated Methodist Church social rooms. The program featured Mrs. Georgia Kilpatrick whistling Silent Night and others performing songs and accordion solos. The 4-H Christmas party is planned for December 20 at Miss Deloras Perkins home.
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Methodist Church
Georgia Kilpatrick
Charles Farrow
Irma Wilson
Cora Zimmerman
Columbus
Birthday Dinner Honors Dorothy Lowden at Ohio University
Mr and Mrs Donald Lowden hosted a Sunday birthday dinner for their daughter Dorothy a student at Ohio University Attendees included Helen Davidson Portsmouth Robert Wiegar Cleveland Ed Wies Brooklyn N Y Dow Green Nelsonville Dorothy and Louise Lowden and Mr and Mrs Lowden Miss Helen Verity hosted East School teachers for a Christmas party at her home with a decorated tree gifts and a late lunch Guests included Miss Lulu Lane.
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Miss Dorothy
Ohio University
Helen Davidson
Portsmouth
Robert Wiegar
Cleveland
Ed Wies
Brooklyn
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Dow Green
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Louise Lowden
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Helen Verity
East School
Verity
Lulu Lane
Santa Claus at Nelsonville Eagles Dec 24
Santa Claus will visit the Nelsonville Aerie No. 391 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles on Tuesday December 24 from 3 to 4 30 p m He will give each child calling at the club a bag of candy during the visit.
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Sohio Bowls Fall as Straitsville Takes City League Match
In Nelsonville Straitsville defeated Sohio Service two games to one in the City League. Kenny Cope rolled 211 for a high single and Eddie Lawson totaled 537 across three games. Tonight features a B and P W Club meeting at 6 30 and Straitsville bowls Lehta Lou Shop at 8 30.
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Sohio Service
Straitsville
Kenny Cope
Eddie Lawson
Brooks
Sohio
Dowler plan for regional industrial rehab gains attention
Over the Back Fence reviews Mr. F E Dowler's trial plan for industrial rehabilitation of the Hocking Valley and similar regions. It proposes a 100 million dollar federal appropriation, state county matching funds, and university management to study needs and foster new industries as replacements for vanished ones. The piece notes potential bureaucratic flaws and urges comment to refine a workable program aimed at long term employment beyond wartime boosts.
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Hocking
Dowler
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Athens
Mr. Dowler
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America
Nelsonville Eagles Drum Corps Pause Through New Year
Meetings of the Eagles drum and bugle corps are suspended until after New Year, announced by Karl Worthington, secretary. The next practice session is scheduled for Thursday January 9 at 7 30 p m.
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Eagles
Karl Worthington
Nelsonville Garden Club Christmas Party at Shafer Home
The Nelsonville Garden Club held its annual Christmas gathering at the home of Mrs. Cecil Shafer after a turkey dinner at The Colonial. Santa Claus greeted guests, a business session was led by Mrs. J. M. Hyde, and a Christmas program featured carols, a serenade, and the reading of the National Clean Up and Paint Up Campaign Bureau letter.
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Nelsonville Garden Club
Cecil Shafer
E. Franklin Sr
Colonial
Shafer
Santa Claus
William Morgan
J. M. Hyde
Ruth Raine
Ada Jean Raine
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Mia
J. Kessinger
J. D. Adamson
Stores Remain Open Evenings Ahead of Christmas
Nelsonville apparel stores will close at 9 PM nightly until Christmas starting Dec. 18, announced by the Retail Merchants Association. Grocery stores will stay open later only on Saturdays Mondays and Tuesdays before Christmas. A free merchant bus drew many visitors from surrounding towns for a second holiday season run.
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Apparel Group
Retail Merchants Association
The
Merchants Association
Lions Club Plans Weekly Meetings in Nelsonville
The newly organized Nelsonville Lions Club will hold weekly gatherings in the Methodist Church social rooms. Meetings are set for Wednesday evenings, with the January start date. The next meeting occurs Monday evening December 30 to lay plans for the charter session.
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Nelsonville
Lions Club
Methodist Church
Death of Anita Joy Pates, Miami infant
Mr and Mrs Chester Hanning were notified Monday of the death of their granddaughter Anita Joy Pates two months old. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Michael Pates Gladys Hanning of Miami Florida.
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Chester Hanning
Anita Joy Pates
Michael Pates
Gladys Hanning
Miami
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